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DateJun 29, 2007
New Year heralds Wii Ware

Nintendo have announced this week that a game-creation service will be supplied to developers, allowing them to create new software for the Wii to be sold through the Wii Shopping Channel. The first wave of Wii software content, to be known as WiiWare in the U.S., will launch in early 2008. Nintendo hopes that developers [...]

DateJun 29, 2007
New DS game announced: C.O.R.E.

WARSAW, POLAND – June 27th, 2007 – NoWay Studio – a division of QubicGames dedicated to development of games for Nintendo DS today announced its debut title C.O.R.E., which advances players to the year 2050 onto the battleground set in the underground laboratory complex. “We like to think that C.O.R.E. is a classic FPS game [...]

DateJun 22, 2007
Manhunt 2 suspension could boost interest

By MATT SLAGLE, AP Technology Writer The decision by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to suspend distribution of the violent video game “Manhunt 2″ could actually end up boosting demand from curious gamers, industry analysts said Friday. Analysts do not believe the move will harm the company’s long-term bottom line. And if the game ever sees [...]

DateJun 19, 2007
UK Bans Manhunt 2

The British Board of Film Classification has rejected Manhunt 2, meaning that the game cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the United Kingdom. The decision was made by the Director, David Cooke, and the Presidential Team, namely Sir Quentin Thomas, Lord Taylor of Warwick and Janet Lewis-Jones, to ban both the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo [...]

DateJun 17, 2007
Nintendo Video Contest Results

Nintendo recently held a video contest asking participants to create a 3-5 minute short dealing in all things Nintendo. The Top 10 entries were just revealed with the announcement of the grand prize winner due in a few days. This lucky director will receive $10,000, a trip to New York, and the usual free Nintendo [...]

DateJun 16, 2007
New Nintendo game gives beauty tips

TOKYO – “Dream Skincare” is part of recent efforts by Nintendo Co. to attract newcomers to gaming. Until recently, the gaming crowd has largely been young men fond of shooting and sports games. But the Nintendo DS – which comes with two screens, including a touch panel – has been a big hit with older [...]

DateJun 13, 2007
Secret Files brings PC visuals to DS

Koch Media recently announced they had acquired the exclusive production rights to port last year’s PC adventure game, Secret Files Tunguska, to both Wii and Nintendo DS. The DS version will be developed by 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE, and the screenshots accompanying the official release are astounding. Having already seen the hidden power of DS in [...]

DateJun 12, 2007
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Now Available on Wii Shop Channel

Seems like these days everybody’s just running around, grabbing whatever they can for themselves. Some are after gold nuggets, some want rings and some are trying to recover a stolen axe. Doesn’t anybody talk anymore? Why don’t you grab a few warm cookies, pour yourself a glass of cold milk and fire up the Wii? [...]

DateJun 7, 2007
If it’s not tennis elbow, it may be “Wiiitis”

BOSTON (Reuters) -Bonis, 29, had spent hours playing Nintendo’s new video game in which players simulate real movements. Bonis had been playing simulated tennis. It was not quite tennis elbow, he decided. “The variant in this patient can be labelled more specifically as ‘Wiiitis,”‘ Bonis, a family practice physician, wrote in a letter to the [...]

DateJun 6, 2007
Wii outsells PS3 fivefold in Japan

Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain has reported that the Nintendo Wii outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 by more than five to one over the course of the last month. In April, this ratio was four to one. Nintendo shifted 251,794 Wii units throughout May 2007, while Sony only sold 45,321 PS3 units. Both consoles launched in [...]